The Demand for Motorcycle Tires Imported by Dixie Import-Export Is

question 117

Multiple Choice

The demand for motorcycle tires imported by Dixie Import-Export is 20,000/year and may be assumed to be uniform throughout the year. The cost of ordering a shipment of tires is $200, and the cost of storing each tire for a year is $2. ​
Determine how many tires should be in each shipment if the ordering and storage costs are to be minimized. (Assume that each shipment arrives just as the previous one has been sold.)
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• A) 2,000
• B) 500
• C) 1,000
• D) 2,500

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Definitions:

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other, differing in the arrangement of atoms around one or more stereogenic centers.

Enantiomers

Molecules that are mirror images of each other and cannot be superimposed, similar to a pair of hands.

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other nor superimposable, having multiple chiral centers.

Diastereomer

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other, differing in the orientation of substituents around one or more stereocenters.